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December 1 - 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 24752275; 3pm - 8pm: To raise funds for ongoing social service projects undertaken by the club, Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan presents Rotary Art Vision — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by eminent artists. Inauguration this evening at 6. December 1 - 6 at Gallery 79; 3.30pm - 7.30pm: The third group exhibition of ISM, a contemporary painters’ platform, featuring the latest series of paintings by Dhananjoy Saha, Samir Kundu, Rajarshi Adhikary and Koushik Coomar. Inauguration today at 5.30pm. December 1 - 7 at Hotel Hindusthan International, ground floor; 9am - 8pm: City Art Factory presents an exhibition of paintings by Joydev Bala. Till December 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 7.30pm: An exhibition of paintings by over 200 students of Nehru Children’s Museum. Till December 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Spectrum Artists’ Circle presents its 36th group show of paintings and sculptures. Participants: Anup Kumar Giri, Anjan Sengupta, Asim Pal, Biswajit Mondal, Murari Mohan Basu, Swapan Kumar Palley, Sukumar Das, Soumen Basu, Samir Saha and Tarun Banerjee. Till December 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: The Group, an association of women artists, presents Kabi Pranam — its 28th annual exhibition dedicated to Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. Participating artists: Shyamasree Basu, Dr Anjali Sengupta, Tapati Mukherjee, Arati Das, Anita Dutta, Sudeshna Das, Minati Nath, Madhushree Muchhal, Rina Mustafi, Santwana Dutta, Bharati Choudhury, Maitreyee Chatterjee, Nilima Goel and Banasri Khan. Till December 3 at Alankritha Art Gallery; 11am - 7pm: Distinct Four, a group exhibition of paintings by Dhiren Sasmal, Jagannath Paul, Deepa Vedpathak and B Nagesh Goud. Till December 3 at GC Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 3pm - 7pm: Horizon presents a group exhibition of paintings. Till December 3 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11am - 7.30pm: Dream and Destination, an exhibition of paintings by Bipul Roy. Curated by Mrinal Ghosh. Till December 4 at Taj Bengal, The Promenade Lounge: A solo exhibition of recent works of Tamojit Bhattacharya. The artist will be painting live from 3pm to 6pm. Till December 4 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4pm - 8pm: A group exhibition of painting and sculpture. Participants: Sumita Maity, Pradip Kumar Sau, Arpita Chandra, Anjan Coomar and P. Elanchezhiyan.DRAMA
December 1 at Ranu Chhaya Mukto Mancha; 5pm: Unmilan presents the street theatre, Notun Vorer Itibritya. December 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Institute of Factual Theatre Arts will stage Tagore’s Abhisar. Direction: Debasish Dutta. December 1 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Aabhash presents Sundar Bibir Pala. Drama & direction: Sekhar Samaddar. December 1 at Rabindra Sadan; 7pm: Swapnasandhani presents Sei Sumouli. Direction: Koushik Sen.DRAMA FESTIVAL
December 1 - 4: To mark its 38th anniversary, Sayak presents a festival of plays. December 1 at Academy of Fine Arts, 6.30pm: Presentation of Sisir Basu Smriti Samman to Sunil Gangopadhyay and Dipankar Sengupta Smriti Samman to Badal Das. Felicitation to Ashok Mukhopadhyay and Dwijen Bandyopadhyay. Poetry-reading by Soumitra Mitra. Staging of children’s play, Manikchand, produced by Sayak.photographs
Till December 7 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 2nd floor, 22829220; 1pm - 8pm: Memories of a Beautiful Mind. Photographs by Dev Nayak on Bamboo Blues, last dance-theater performance in India by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Hosted by Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Calcutta and The Harrington Street Arts Centre.talk
December 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.50pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Practice of Spirituality and Meditation. December 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6pm: Dr Purba Sengupta will speak on Bharatiya Puraner Kathakatay Bhagini Nivedita. December 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19A & B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7pm: Prof. Parimal Chakraborty will speak on Sarada Kathamrita.tennis
Till December 3 at The Saturday Club: Saturday Club Floodlit Tennis Tournament in association with The Telegraph.chess
Till December 7 at Gorky Sadan: Himani Sona Chandi Chyawanprash presents The Telegraph Schools’ Chess 2011 in association with NIIT.exhibition
December 1 - 22 (except Sundays) at Azura Design Studio, 3 CNK Tower, Royd Street; 11am - 6.30pm (Saturdays, 11am - 4pm): Christmas Bonanza at Azura- Fashion and Lifestyle, an exhibition-cum-sale of ethnic and prêt wear, showcasing varied designs in distinct cuts and colours by designer Farhana Chowdhury. December 2 at American Center, Lincoln Room, 38A Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 4pm - 7pm: Experience the Crafts, an exhibition of indigenous arts and crafts. Till December 25 at House Beautiful, 3A Shakespeare Sarani; 11am - 7.30pm: Exhibition-cum-sale of designer bedspreads and bedcover sets, blankets and comforters, table-lamps and shades, cushion-covers, tablespreads, towels, doormats and home decoration accessories.books
December 1 & 2, 11am - 6pm & December 3, 2pm - 6pm at Room Berlin (ground floor), Max Mueller Bhavan, 8 Ballygunge Circular Road: A sale of old books and media units on a wide range of subjects, including language-learning materials.discussion
December 1 at Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30pm: A discussion on the significance of the documentary film genre and whether Calcutta needs a festival of such films. As part of Talk-Shawk 3.0.campaign
Till December 10: Swayam observes The International Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls. Today at Yaqub Park, Garcha; 4pm: Mass awareness programme on Violence against Women with a focus on dowry and child marriage, through theatre, songs and films. December 2; 10am - 12noon: To mark its 25th anniversary and observe the International Week of the Intellectually Disabled, Mentaid is organising a walk to generate awareness about intellectual disability. From 17A Brojen Mukherjee Road, Behala to 98N Block E, New Alipore.QUIZ
December 4 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 4.30 pm onwards: Litquiz, a quiz on literature for two-member teams to be conducted by Jayashree Mohanka and Shouvik Guha. Registration: 4.30 pm. Preliminary rounds: 5.15 pm. Finals: 6.15 pm. For more details, call 98317 01975.workshop
December 1 onwards at Gatewayz, 27B Camac Street, 9836665651: A workshop (for the age group, 6 yrs to 60 yrs) on Zumba and Western contemporary dance by Chandan Verma. December 1 at Mama Mia, 59 Ballygunge Circular Road; 3pm - 5.30pm: An interactive cup cake workshop with chef Natasha Aggarwal. December 5 onwards at Camlin Arts, Elgin Road: A workshop in fine arts including oil and watercolour paintings, pastels, charcoal, sketching and shading, calligraphy and fancy writing. Also, certificate courses in French, Spanish and Spoken English. For details, contact 9830647476 / 9804791446.winter camp
December 1 onwards at Happy Hours: Registration for winter camps at Alipore, Ballygunge, Salt Lake and Burrabazar begins today for kids of 3 - 5 and 5 - 7 years. Details at 9830229898 / 9830227778.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
